C. Patrick McLarney

Thomas M. Bloch

Ellen Z. Darling

Term of Chair

1941-1953

1953-1959

1959-1963

1963-1965

1965-1967

1967-1969

1969-1971

1971-1973

1973-1975

1975-1977

1977-1979

1979-1981

1981-1983

1983-1985

1985-1987

1987-1989

1989-1990

1990-1992

1992-1994

1994-1996

1996-1998

1998-2000

2000-2003

2003-2006

2006-2008

2008-2010

2010-2011

2011-2014

Current

Meet a Trustees Board Member

Hugh ZimmerMember
Governance
CommitteeTrustees Chairman, 2000-2003

Why is the Trustees Program important to UMKC?
The Trustees Scholar program is especially important to the Kansas City community because it’s attempting to retain the best and the brightest young people after they graduate from UMKC. The University is definitely filling the niche of being called Kansas City’s university.

Why was it important for you to serve on the Board of Trustees?
I developed a great interest in UMKC over the last 15 years. Through the Trustees Scholar Program, the University is bringing in top-quality students and raising the overall total competency of the entire student body, and it was important for me to get involved with the Board because watching UMKC prepare young people to stay in Kansas City after graduation is a worthwhile expenditure of my time.

Why should other individuals in the community get involved with the Trustees Scholarship Program?

There’s a statistic that states five years after graduating from UMKC, 70 percent of UMKC graduates are living and working in Kansas City. It’s important for business professionals to get involved in the program because it creates a better pool of really well-trained employees not only for them, but for our community.